Cellini and the Salamander

An interesting tidbit of occult history. I seem to remember an article, many years ago, attempting to explain the phenomena as being caused by certain twigs of certain wood burning in a certain fashion and causing movement resembling that of a live creature. Who knows?

Happy Birthday Jane Wiedlin!

Happy Birthday Joe Cocker!

Happy National Pick Strawberries Day!

My knees can't handle it anymore. But the first ten years or so of my marriage, this was a happy annual late-Spring ritual for my wife and I. Schlepping out to some pick-your-own farm in the hinterland on a VERY early Sunday morning and grabbing 20+ pounds of strawberries for munching on, freezing, and, (of course), daiquiris...

Catching a Tiger (tank)

A fascinating tale from WWII. I do rather wonder if the tank really did fire on a u-boat, however....(I can't imagine that it was kept with ammo loaded on, nor what such an action might do to the deck of a ship hauling it).

Wuss America

We see this again and again. There really does seem to be a trend in this country. The requirement for serving on a school board, or being a school administrator is that you have to be incredibly stupid, hidebound, petty, authoritarian, wildly unrealistic, inflexible, short-sighted, immature, reality-rejecting, and completely lacking in any sense of judgement, perspective, humor or patience - all on the public dime. Frankly, I'd rather deal with the first grader...

Dulles Airport Sucks

Understandable. My worst experiences with the parasitic thugs at TSA have been there. Interestingly, Portland, Oregon's airport showed TSA off at their finest - pleasant to the point of cheerful, efficient, etc. I've always suspected that the close timeline between the closing of the Lorton Prison here and the beefing up of TSA at Dulles were NOT a coincidence.

Happy Halfoween!

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